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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
Thomas E. Amidon, Jamesville, NY (US);
Raymond Francis, Syracuse, NY (US);
Gary M. Scott, Syracuse, NY (US);
Jeremy Bartholomew, Plattsburgh, NY (US);
Bandaru V. Ramarao, Fayetteville, NY (US);
Christopher D. Wood, Syracuse, NY (US);
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
An omnibus process of pulping and bleaching lignocellulosic materials in which a charge of a lignocellulosic material is biopulped and/or water extracted prior to pulping and bleaching. The lignocellulosic material may be mechanically pulped and bleached in the presence of an enzyme that breaks lignin-carbohydrate complexes. The aqueous extract in embodiments including a water extract step is separated into acetic acid and hemicellulose sugar aqueous solutions.